Quoted: Concerned about the health of our Social Space. Our Public Domain. Our streets. Our squares. Correct me if I’m wrong but I feel our social space getting more and more commercialized. Billboards and business areas along freeways block the view of landscapes. City centres become look-a-likes…’relaxing’ music a constant background buzz. What is wrong? Public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life, not of consuming. Meant to make your day better, not worse. It should be places that are worth caring about. What you create is what you get. Create a totally consumer oriented citycentre, and get places people don’t care about. Consumers are consuming, not giving.

I love this site! So many pictures, videos, documents, interviews, and other resources on a very interesting living arrangement in Russia.

Quoted: This Web site explores and explains a striking social phenomenon: the Soviet "kommunalka," or communal apartment. Instituted after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the kommunalka ...

Great commentary by Brendan Crain.

Quoted: A national magazine created for and by a new generation of urban thinkers and leaders. Next American City observes, documents and conceives realistic solutions about how to make cities better.

This is a very insightful blog about the urban environment. It also contains a great list of related resources. I'm looking forward to visiting this often.

Quoted: A blog about urban places, placemaking, and the concept of place.

Impressive Egyptian architect, professor, and designer of gardens in Cairo.

Quoted: University of California in Berkeley where he worked with Christopher Alexander and graduated in architecture. Parallel to his profesional practice, he teaches at Cairo University. Apart from the Farafra Oasis Project and other projects, he created another outstanding garden, El-Hod El-Marsoud (1989), and designed a cultural centre, a museum, a theatre, a children's library and a day-care centre – all for the park of Sayyeda Zainab in Cairo.

Dan Cameron, former curator for the New Museum, has organized an international biennial to be held next October in New Orleans.

Quoted: With commitments from venues throughout the city and a roster of artists from around the world, the exhibition aims to reinvigorate the city by promoting tourism and drawing international attention to its cultural life.

Famous park in Palo Alto, designed by Robert Royston. Reminder to visit.

Quoted: He incorporated ideas about landscape and gardens from non-European sources, and paid special attention to the psychological, social and actual physical needs of different user groups, particularly children.

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I hope those coats are fake. If so, this is pretty fly. :)

Quoted: Music video by Slick Rick performing Teenage Love with James Henry Boxley III, Eric Sadler, Ricky M.L. Walters (C) 1988